January 15, 2026

Winners

The Quietest ExitShe learned early that silence / was the safest room in the house – / a place with no doors to slam,

#1

30

Evening BrewsCoffee steams from the mug. / Fingers embrace, trembling— / logins lost again.

@thomas-w-case18

#2

19

Hello Poetry, Hello ChaosIn the new bright halls of Hello Poetry, / I wander like a guest who misplaced the map. / I tap a heart -- oh look, I’ve loved myself,

@Geof_Spavins32

#3

16

Other poems

Maybe January yearns for clemencyMaybe I am guilty for the leftover / essays, checklists, and goodbyes. / Thence I flipped through the calendar

@EvelynYiningChen15

9

Anxietyhands shaking / lungs cease / wanna run

@WillowWhispers43

8

Pitter PatterPitter / Patter / Pitter

@CrackersArtOfficial74

7

Start HereWe have come / to a precipice / There is nowhere to go

@ladyofirepoetry24

7

If you let me love youif you let me love you I could give you the world / if you let me love you I could hold you when you cry / if you let me love you I could text you good morning and goodnight every day

6

Idle EnginesShe keeps asking what he does, / though his answers are recycled: / French bulldogs, paintball,

@William-A-Gibson30

6

The Hidden CropNow we are no longer weeds / uprooted and bereft, we can / conquer this old clearing

6

The Cycle of LifeWe step into existence from beyond the veil / With our fate stamped upon our souls. / Marking distinctions between science and faith

4

Be GoodYou know, / how does a person get to that place? / I mean,

@ShayCaroline25

4

IntegrityIntegrity / is being aligned with the spiritual values of the universe. / It’s leaning toward hope instead of despair.

@barbara-r-maxwell15

4

Red LiturgyTo become whole is to gnaw at your own ribs, / to sip the iron bloom that midnigth gives. / Hunger coils in me, serpent of heat,

4

Panic MachineAs I thrash about I think of the times / before me. . . / How could I have wandered less

@blackcatpoetry16

3

Blank OutSometimes the words / Just don’t come / No matter what

@barbara-r-maxwell18

3

Empire of Dementia (I loaded this only once; I'm not sure what the repetition is about)The empires of the future are the empires of the mind. / -Churchill, Harvard, 1943 / All the battleships have sailed into history

@lawrence-hall14

3

UntitledLawrence Hall / [email protected] / Dispatches for the Colonial Office

@lawrence-hall20

3

FOR YOU........I'd rather write poetry, put voice to my inner man. I'd rather give you the story,on the expression of how it can. / Draw out the poison, place forgiveness, in place of your pain. Give you the answers, that escape you today. / Pick up the peaces, others broke anew, put a bandage on your heart, as it renews.

@michael-powers7

2

SparkleSparkle sparkle little star / Wonder where my favorites are? / Cannot find, cannot "like"

2

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